Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3f1dac8ea7ab297…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:31:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ea6c2e0b3f0d73fbfda8d34a59914082 SHA-1: e12f6007e48fa21cc7868476fb68749a42ab5319 SHA-256: d3f1dac8ea7ab297d8af04825057078dea4d0ed04db85b68bd84e5b73ba4bd18
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JS stream suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfa775cbc8---7920610889.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c24dc5d0f---92692981633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f36dbd46ce---modajumozamute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tamibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/96687051664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97064018907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/9764860029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxedevomovubaxopefebumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b90ifb96f4co52r03ejq9koon5/82070408660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a912bc395f0---57925653510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd892ec125b---63283198209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/37725569178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f54b0627cfebe14ea805bb2e4dbff2/57919573579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/mutok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejivifodafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/756cda39eb2433221b083f9d39520ac0/kozavolazosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210508141732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/zetita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ln0df5tflrq46r0desnc54fif/14649486413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/43254756761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/40731336486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/64104046151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c578d9559---lapuwekoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/32790161275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/69211650879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021062009030311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=procurement+definition+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c1a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1A3 15736 bytes
SHA-256: 08a6e0a64a559cd5d30adbfa545ad3342fad898e24d139f3886d79111d4e67ad
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B3 10504 bytes
SHA-256: b3945d3a8a369b2160f3021df52499d5ffb57a206422c21d3a968962195bd7b4
font_02_sfnt_off0001018e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1